Braid-applying attachment.



A. G. MAYNARD.

BHAID APPLYING ATTACHMENT-- APPLICATION FILED MAR-8.1.918.

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AGNES e. MAYNARD, QECHICAGO, 'IL INoIs.

BBAID-APPLYING ATTACHMENT.

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I .Beit knOWn that I, AGNES GJMAY ARD, a

citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Chicago, Illinois, haveiinvented a certain new, useful, and Improved Braid-Applying Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates generally to attach- .mentsforsewing machines, and relates more ,particularly to attachments for applying or .attachingbraidto goods. invention is concerned principally with-the application .ofzbraidito goods inedgewise manner.

. mental purposes.

3 In .the;manufacture of garments, particu- ,-larly'.womens;garments,-a large amount of ,the.braid is used forrtrimming, and .orna- Much .of the braid used forthe rtrimming and ornamentation of the finest character is-a .relatively narrow braid which is .notsewed :flatly on the goods of -"the-garment,ibut is secured edgewise thereion. While such-braid is extensively-need,

Lheretoforethe applicationof the braid has required a skilled seamstress who secures .it by hand. usually .stitching through the lower edge Ofthe braid. Such practice not only requires a-s-killed-seamstress,but is also.

slow, laborious and expensive, and has resulted in preventing the general use of braid of :thischaracterfgfor .the'lfinishing and ornamentation of the garments to which it is unquestionablvbeautifully adapted.

It is an object of my invention to provide an attachment that can be applied to any standard sewing machine whereby narrow braid of this kind can beapplied edgewise in a simple convenient manner, by even an unskilled operator. Other objects of my invention are to provide an attachment of the character stated which shall be of simple and durable construction; which can be readily applied to and removed from a standard sewing machine; which shall not interfere with or injure the operating parts of the sewing machine; and which-can be maintained in working order with little or no attention.

My invention consists generally in the .means whereby the aforesaid objects. to-

gether with others which will appear hereinafter, are attainable. and my invention will Specification of Letters-Patent. PatentedfDeQ3, 1918. Application filed March 8, 1918. Serial No. 221,104. 4

view of a portion of:the sewing :machine equipped with-:a n attachment embodying my invention. F 1g.-2, is aside elevation of :themechanism shown'in Fig.1; and in.v additionthereto the cloth beingshown in section, together with thecloth feed andshu'ttle. "Fig. v3 is aview substantially onthe line 33 of Fig. 2.- Fig.4, is albottom view of the-attachment, detached fromthe sewing machine. Fig. '5, tea top view of the attachment, detached from the sewing machine, andFig. 6, is adetailedaviewyillustrating themanner in which the sewingmachlne needle pierces therbr'aid.

In'the saiddrawings, 1 representsva portion ofthehead of a sewing ma-chin-e of the standard form having ,mounted therein a presser ,bar 2, and a vertical reciprocating needle bar, 3. Theineedle't, is held on the needle bar (by means of the usual fastening, .5. [The operation'of'theneedlerba and5the needle are in no wisechanged by the application of my attachment. I do however, re-

firmly secured to the presser bambymeans of a suitable-screw,- 8.

My attachment comprises a stationary body portion 9, having an upwardly inclined groove,.10,-in its bottom for the rec'ep'tionand :accurate positioning of the braid 11, which it is desired to applyto the cloth or other material, 12. attachment also comprises a horizontal reciprocating member 13, which is suitably held and guided in the block portion 14. In this instance the member 13, is provided with an upstanding portion 15,

having a tongue 16 which enters in a slot 17, v

provided therefor in the hub portion of an operating lever 18. The operating lever 18 g is pivoted at 19, to an upstanding stationary bracket portion 20, of the attachment and its outer end is provided with an elongated slot 21, formed by the forked portions 22 and 23, which straddle the shank portion 24 of the nut 25, that screws into the needle bar. It is obvious that the vertical reciprocating movement of the lever. 18, cau es a back and forth movement of the member 13. This back and forth movement of the member 13 in turn feeds the braid in the direction of the arrow (indicated in Fig. 2) by means of a prick point, 26. best shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The prick po nt, 26, is formed at an amv gle so that it will catch in the braid when moving in the direction" in which the braid should be fed, and will simply brush past the braid when returning.v I might here add that if the braid is to be a plied neatly to the cloth and if wrinkles an buckling of the cloth are to be'prevented, the braid must be fed forward accurately and in properly timed relation with respect to the feed of the cloth 12, to which the braid is applied. It

' will be" understood that the cloth or other the feed bar at the time when it coacts' with the shuttle, 32, of the machine. Therefore by reciprocating my feed bar, 13, from the needle bar through suitably proportioned levers, it is obvious that the braid will be fed forward'at a speed identicalfwith the speed of the movement of the clothjto iwhich the braid is being applied. In this manner all danger of I the buckling, wrinkling, 'etc., is entirely obviated. "The braid, it will be seen, is held in edgewise position on'the cloth; the needle 4,'piercing the braid adjacent the lower edgefasihidicated by j the -stitching33,'on the braid, as best shown in Fig.6. Inthis 'manner, even relatively nar- "row braid-can'bequickly and accurately'apphed edgewlse to the goods, 'even'by an inexpert seamstress, and with anystandard sewing machine.

The attachment can be readily applied to and removed fromthe'sewing machine and I Oopies of this patent may be obtained for will enable the far greater useof the admittedly pleasing edge braid application.

I do not wish to be limited precisely to the mechanism herein described and shown, ex-

in the hereunto appended claims.

cept only as may be necessary by limitations Iclaim:

1. In a sewing machine, the combination with the presser foot bar, reciprocating needle bar, and material feed of'a [sewing machine of an edge braidapplying attachment, comprising a body portion, secured to the presser foot bar, having a braid receivpositioned to guide the braid in a vertical plane, means for feeding the braid'comprising a reciprocating element mounted on the body of the attachment actuated synchronously with respect to the sewing'machi'ne' feed by virtue of means embracing a moving part of the sewing machine. 1

2. Mechanism for-applying braid edgewise to material, comprising-means for feeding and guiding braid '{in edgewise relation upon the material andunder the reciprocating needle of the sewing machine, said means comprising a body portion formed with a in}; groove formed in the bottom thereof and I braid-receiving slot, a reciprocatingfeed member, and means for actuating said reciprocating feed'memberfrom the needle'bar of a sewing machine, saidbrald recelvlng slot being so positioned with respect to the braid. v V V In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto set r n hi 18th. diet of. F b l eryv 1 AGNES Gee-M R five'cents each, by addressing theficominissioner of Patents, washi ngton, 13.0. r I

needle that the needlepierces the braid ad I 'jacent the material abutting edge of the 

